Time's River Flows to Sea; We Finally Part Ways

A few men leered as they stripped me naked.

My fiancé and my best friend sat at the mouth of the alley, calmly eating ice cream as if nothing was happening.

I fought with everything I had, my nails scraping bloody lines into the wall, screaming Daniel's name over and over.

But he never moved.

He even took another leisurely spoonful and raised it to Theresa's lips.

Only when I had cried until I couldn't breathe, until my throat was completely hoarse, did those men finally let me go.

Daniel walked over with a smile and reached down to pull my limp body off the ground.